Knife or cutter



June 1 1926.

, 1,586,906 E. LEWIS KNIFE 0H CUTTER Filed Jan 25- 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR fl LEW/'5,

ATTORNEYS June 1 ,1926. 1,586,906

E. LEWIS KNI FE 0R CUTTER Filed Jan. 25, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 0 IN VEN TOR l I: LEW/l5,

A TTORNE YS Patented 1, 192a;

ELIAS LEWIS, OF 'IERRE I-IAUTE, INDIANA.

KNIFE R CUTTER.

Application filed January 25, 1924. Serial No. 688,579.

This invention relates to an improvement so that in the assembly-this filler plate and in knives or cutters, and has for its object the side plates define a socket designated to provide an improved knife or cutter generally at 14. This socket is defined in wherein the blade is detachably mounted in part by bearing surfaces and 16 pro- 5 the handle in sucnmanner that it is held vided on the filler plate. The bearing surand secured in position to effectively carry face 16 is of less extent than the bearing sun" out any cutting operation and yet may be face 15. The bearing surface 15 is disposed readily disassembled from the handle when rearwardly of the surface 16, this surface desired. 15 being spaced rearwardly from the for- 50 A further object is to provide a knife or ward end of the handle. The ends of the cutter having the foregoing advantages and portions of the filler plate that present the capacities and which is of simple and dubearing surfaces 15 and 16 areflat and plane rable construction, reliable and safe in opand constitute stops which are designated at eration and easy and comparatively inexpen- 17 and 18, respectively.

15 sive to manufacture. A plate designated generally at 20 is pro- Other objects ant advantages of the in- Vided and is formed with a tang 21 which vention reside in certain novel features of is inserted in the socket 14 when the blade the construction, combination and arrangeis assembled with the handle. At its end the meat of parts which will be hereinafter more tang is provided with a laterally oifset lug 7 20 fully described and particularly pointed out 22 which is engageable with av shoulder 19 in the appended claims, reference being had provided on the filler plate 12 rearwardly to the accompanying drawings forming part of the bearing surface 15-. In order to perof this specification, and in which: mit of assembly and disassembly of the Figure 1 18 a perspective View, showing blade with the handle,.the filler plate 12 is 25 one embodiment of the invention; cut away, as at 28, to provide the necessary Figure 2 is a view in side elevation, showclearance to accommodate thetang 21 in its ing the embodiment illustrated in Figure movement during assembly and disassemblv.

1 with one of its side plates removed; The tang 21 is provided with stop shoulders Figure 3 IS a view in section on line 33 24 and 25 which engage the stops'll' and 18, 30 of Figure 2; respectlvely, of the filler plate to limit the Figure is a group view in perspective, inward movement of the tang in the socket. showing the parts oi the knife and handle The tang 21 and its shoulders and lugs are a of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1, suificlently loose fit in the socket to permit 2 and 8 prior to assembly; of assembly and disassembly and yet the 35 FLOHIQ 1s a pers aective view of another shoulders 18 and 25 are en ap'eable :to rob o embodiment ot the invention vlde a m id abutment for the knire as Figure 6 is a view in side elevation, showagainst forces acting on the knife when the mg the embodiment illustrated in Flgure 5 same 1s cutting.

with one of its side plates removed; Means is provided for releasably holding 40 Figure 7 is a view in section on line 77 the lug- 22 engaged with the shoulder 19 and of Figure 6; preferably this means comprises a resilient Figure 8 is a similar view on line 88 or spring locking bar 26 having one end of Figure 7; and titted and secured in a seat 27 provided Figure 9 is a group view in perspective, therefor in the filler plate and having its showing the parts of the embodiment illusopposite end arranged to bear upon the tang trated in Figures 5 to 8 prior to assembly. 21, as indicated at 28, in Figure 2.

Referring to the d awings and more par- With this form of the invention, when the ticularly to Figures 1 to l, inclusive, the tang 21 of the'plate 20 is inserted in the numeral 10 designates a handle which is socket 46 the rounded surface 21 engages 50 made up of a pair of side plates 11 and a the rounded end of the spring locking bar filler plate 12 interposed between the side 26 and presses the same upwardly until the plates 11. The side plates 11 and filler plate lug 22 snaps into position behind the shoul- 12 are secured together in assembly by rivets der 19 under the influence of the spring lock- 13 or other suitable fastening devices such ing bar 26. 'lVith the lug 22 engaged with v5 as screws or the like. The filler plate 12 is the shoulder 19 outward movement of the cut away as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 1 plate isprevented and inward movement is able fastening means prevented by the engagement of the stop shoulders 24 and 25 with the stops 17 and 18. The tendency of the cutting action to move the plate is resisted by the combined action of the bearing surfaces 15 and 16. Vi hen it is desired to remove the plate from the handle the same is swung in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 2, the clearance 23 permitting this movement. Of course the spring locking bar 26 resists clockwise movement of the plate 20 as viewed in Figure 2 but this bar yields to the extent necessary to permit of disengagement of the lug 22 of the shoulder 19 and withdrawal of thetang 21 from the socket 14..

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 5 to 9. inclusive, the handle is designated generally at 30 and is made up of a pair of plate members 31 and secured togetherin assembly by rivets or other suit- One of the plate members is preferably made he; vier than the other and is hollowed out to provide a socket designated general y at 341. The socket 34 is preferably defined by a flat hearing surface 35 which may be provided on a separate piece in between the plates 32 and suitably secured in position. The wall of the socket opposite the bearing surface 35 has a double beveled or incline 37 to provide a line bearing contact and the requisite clearance as will be presently understood.

A blade designated generally atd-O is provided and as in the embodiment previously described is formed with an integral tang 11 having an oifset lug l2 and stop shoulders -13. The lug 42 is cooperable with a shoulder 4% and the stop shoulders ll) are cooperable with stops ir). The tang all with its shoulders 43 and its lug 42 are a su'lliciently loose fit in the socket 34 to permit of assembly and 'disassembly and yet the shoulders L3 and 45 are engageable to provide a rigid abutment for the knife when cutting.

Means is employed for releasably securing the lug 42 of the tang ll of the plate in engagement with the shoulder l l so as to hold the blade in assembly with the handle. In this embodiment of the invention this means includes a reciprocable locking plate 15 mounted in guideways 4? provided in one of the plates The locking plate 46 includes a linger 4:8 having a surface ll) engageable with the tang of the blade to hold the lug 42 in engagement with the shoulder i l. This finger l8 also includes a surface 50 in which the tang or the lug thereof is engageable when the tang is inserted in the socket for the purpose of pressing the plate 46 and its finger 48 rearwardly in guideways 47 to such an extent as to permit the lug 42 and shoulder 4A to come into engagement after which the plate i6 is automatically repositioned to engage the surface 1:9 of the finger d8 with the tang 41 of the blade. In order to carry out the last mentioned action, a coil spring 51 is provided and is accommodated in recesses formed in the members 32. One end of the coil spring 51 abuts the rear wall 53 of the recesses 52 and the other end isengageable with the rear end of the plate d6 and is held to its proper action on said plate by means of a centering pin 54: connected to the plate and extending into the adjacent end of the coil spring.

in order to provide for release or detachment of the plate 40 from the handle the plate 30 is slotted, as at 55 and the plate i8 is provided with an operating pin 56 which profects through said slots 55 and exteriorly of the handle. Obviously, the pin 56 may be grasped and pulled rearwardly to disengage the finger 48 from the tang ll and permit the plate to be rocked and with drawn.

1 claim:

1. A knife comprising a hollow handle having a socket at its forward end, the socket having plane and parallel side walls, a top wall made up of oppositely inclined surfaces and a bottom wall providing an elongated bearing surface, the bottom wall extending rearwardly beyond the top wall and terminating in a shoulder at its rear end, a blade having a tang insertable in the socket, the tang having a bearing surface engageable with the bearing surface of the socket and also having a lug engageable with the shoulder, the handle having stops at the forward end of the socket, the blade having shoulders engageable with the stop, and releasable means for holding the lug engaged with the shoulder.

2. A knife comprising a hollow handle having a socket at its forward end and also having a shoulder at the inner end of the socket, a blade having a tang insertable in the socket and en a 'eable and disen 'a eablc b c: c; b

with the shoulder by movements transversely of the socket, a rigid holding element slidably iitted in the handle for longitudinal movement but constrained against transverse movement, said holding element having a portion engageable with the tang to yieldably hold the lug of the tang engaged with the shoulder, and sping means for forcing the holding element to a position where said portion engages the tang.

ELIAS LEWIS. 

